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Joseph
Alexéevich
was
not
in
Petersburg
--
he
had
of
late
stood
aside
from
the
affairs
of
the
Petersburg
lodges
,
and
lived
almost
entirely
in
Moscow
.
All
the
members
of
the
lodges
were
men
Pierre
knew
in
ordinary
life
,
and
it
was
difficult
for
him
to
regard
them
merely
as
Brothers
in
Freemasonry
and
not
as
Prince
B.
or
Iván
Vasílevich
D.
,
whom
he
knew
in
society
mostly
as
weak
and
insignificant
men
.
Under
the
Masonic
aprons
and
insignia
he
saw
the
uniforms
and
decorations
at
which
they
aimed
in
ordinary
life
.
Often
after
collecting
alms
,
and
reckoning
up
twenty
to
thirty
rubles
received
for
the
most
part
in
promises
from
a
dozen
members
,
of
whom
half
were
as
well
able
to
pay
as
himself
,
Pierre
remembered
the
Masonic
vow
in
which
each
Brother
promised
to
devote
all
his
belongings
to
his
neighbor
,
and
doubts
on
which
he
tried
not
to
dwell
arose
in
his
soul
.
He
divided
the
Brothers
he
knew
into
four
categories
.
In
the
first
he
put
those
who
did
not
take
an
active
part
in
the
affairs
of
the
lodges
or
in
human
affairs
,
but
were
exclusively
occupied
with
the
mystical
science
of
the
order
:
with
questions
of
the
threefold
designation
of
God
,
the
three
primordial
elements
--
sulphur
,
mercury
,
and
salt
--
or
the
meaning
of
the
square
and
all
the
various
figures
of
the
temple
of
Solomon
.
Pierre
respected
this
class
of
Brothers
to
which
the
elder
ones
chiefly
belonged
,
including
,
Pierre
thought
,
Joseph
Alexéevich
himself
,
but
he
did
not
share
their
interests
.
His
heart
was
not
in
the
mystical
aspect
of
Freemasonry
.
In
the
second
category
Pierre
reckoned
himself
and
others
like
him
,
seeking
and
vacillating
,
who
had
not
yet
found
in
Freemasonry
a
straight
and
comprehensible
path
,
but
hoped
to
do
so
.
In
the
third
category
he
included
those
Brothers
(
the
majority
)
who
saw
nothing
in
Freemasonry
but
the
external
forms
and
ceremonies
,
and
prized
the
strict
performance
of
these
forms
without
troubling
about
their
purport
or
significance
.
Such
were
Willarski
and
even
the
Grand
Master
of
the
principal
lodge
.
Finally
,
to
the
fourth
category
also
a
great
many
Brothers
belonged
,
particularly
those
who
had
lately
joined
.
These
according
to
Pierre
's
observations
were
men
who
had
no
belief
in
anything
,
nor
desire
for
anything
,
but
joined
the
Freemasons
merely
to
associate
with
the
wealthy
young
Brothers
who
were
influential
through
their
connections
or
rank
,
and
of
whom
there
were
very
many
in
the
lodge
.
Pierre
began
to
feel
dissatisfied
with
what
he
was
doing
.
Freemasonry
,
at
any
rate
as
he
saw
it
here
,
sometimes
seemed
to
him
based
merely
on
externals
.
He
did
not
think
of
doubting
Freemasonry
itself
,
but
suspected
that
Russian
Masonry
had
taken
a
wrong
path
and
deviated
from
its
original
principles
.
And
so
toward
the
end
of
the
year
he
went
abroad
to
be
initiated
into
the
higher
secrets
of
the
order
.
In
the
summer
of
1809
Pierre
returned
to
Petersburg
.
Our
Freemasons
knew
from
correspondence
with
those
abroad
that
Bezúkhov
had
obtained
the
confidence
of
many
highly
placed
persons
,
had
been
initiated
into
many
mysteries
,
had
been
raised
to
a
higher
grade
,
and
was
bringing
back
with
him
much
that
might
conduce
to
the
advantage
of
the
Masonic
cause
in
Russia
.
The
Petersburg
Freemasons
all
came
to
see
him
,
tried
to
ingratiate
themselves
with
him
,
and
it
seemed
to
them
all
that
he
was
preparing
something
for
them
and
concealing
it
.
A
solemn
meeting
of
the
lodge
of
the
second
degree
was
convened
,
at
which
Pierre
promised
to
communicate
to
the
Petersburg
Brothers
what
he
had
to
deliver
to
them
from
the
highest
leaders
of
their
order
.
The
meeting
was
a
full
one
.
After
the
usual
ceremonies
Pierre
rose
and
began
his
address
.
